Hello, fellow history enthusiasts! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jon Swain, I'm the proprietor of The Jefferson Arsenal. I'd like to take a bit of time to welcome you to the page, and tell you a little about myself and the business that I run. I was born and raised in Western Maryland's Middletown Valley, on the slopes of Catoctin Mountain just a stone's throw away from the Potomac. Growing up, I had the distinct feeling that the reverberations of the Civil War wer